An R A Series postcard that was published by the R. A. P. Co. Ltd. of London EC4. The card was posted in North Tawton, Devon on Monday the 22nd. April 1935. It was sent to:
Miss Gert Borrell, 17, Wolseley Road, Crouch End, London N8.
The brief message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"A Happy Easter. C. Cook."
Moscow Metropolitan Subway.
So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?
Well, on the 22nd. April 1935, Joseph Stalin and Vyacheslav Molotov took their first ride on the Moscow Metropolitan Subway.
It had opened to the public with free rides before being put into regular commercial operation the following month.
Bride of Frankenstein
Also on that day, the horror film Bride of Frankenstein starring Boris Karloff (1887 - 1969) who played the monster, and Elsa Lanchester (1902 - 1986) who played Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, premiered in Los Angeles.
As regards the film's storyline, John Oswalt notes:
"Baron Henry Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed. Frankenstein wants to get out of the evil-experiment business, but when mad scientist Dr. Pretorius kidnaps his wife, Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new creature, a woman, to be the companion of the monster."
During filming, photographer John Mescall's drinking had become so problematic that the studio had to provide a car to get him safely to and from the set.
However he worked fast, and rarely wasted time fussing with incidental camera and lighting hardware. He was still very good at his job, even when drunk.
Paul Chambers
The 22nd. April 1935 also marked the birth in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania of the jazz double bassist Paul Chambers.
Paul Chambers was in great demand as a session musician, and played on numerous albums during the period he was active, including such landmarks as Thelonious Monk's Brilliant Corners, Coltrane's Giant Steps, and Oliver Nelson's The Blues and the Abstract Truth.
Chambers developed addictions to both alcohol and heroin. He was hospitalized at the end of 1968 with what was thought to be a severe case of influenza, but tests revealed that he had tuberculosis.
As his organ functions deteriorated, Chambers lapsed into a coma for 18 days. On the 4th. January 1969, he died of tuberculosis at the young age of 33.
In an interview, fellow bassist Charlie Haden recalled his admiration for Chambers:
"The first guy who was really distinctive to me — when I was 19 or so — was Paul Chambers, who I heard on all those Prestige and Riverside records. There’s an underrated player! He had a way of playing chromatic notes in his bass lines that was just unreal. He would go up into the high register, and then skip down, tying it together. He had this great sound, and this great time."
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